diff --git a/src/mame/audio/scramble.c b/src/mame/audio/scramble.c
index d7078305ae3..a88ad6d9646 100644
--- a/src/mame/audio/scramble.c
+++ b/src/mame/audio/scramble.c
@@ -301,11 +301,15 @@ static UINT8 speech_cnt;
 
 static TIMER_CALLBACK( ad2083_step )
 {
-	/* only 16 bytes needed ... Stored here since
-     * prom is a bad dump
+	/* only 16 bytes needed ... The original dump is bad. This
+	 * is what is needed to get speech to work. The prom data has
+	 * been updated and marked as BAD_DUMP. The information below 
+	 * is given for reference once another dump should surface.
+     *
+	 * static const int prom[16] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00,
+	 *		        0x02, 0x00, 0x40, 0x00, 0x04, 0x06, 0x04, 0x84 };
      */
-	static const int prom[16] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00,
-			        0x02, 0x00, 0x40, 0x00, 0x04, 0x06, 0x04, 0x84 };
+	UINT8 *prom = memory_region(machine, "user1"); 
 	UINT8 ctrl;
 
 	if (param == 0)
diff --git a/src/mame/drivers/scramble.c b/src/mame/drivers/scramble.c
index 4156c0b704a..0bbe091ebc1 100644
--- a/src/mame/drivers/scramble.c
+++ b/src/mame/drivers/scramble.c
@@ -2919,8 +2919,8 @@ ROM_START( ad2083 )
 	ROM_REGION( 0x0020, "proms", 0 )
 	ROM_LOAD( "prom-am27s19dc.1m", 0x0000, 0x0020, CRC(2759aebd) SHA1(644fd2c95ca49cbbc0ee1b88ca2563451ddd4fe0) )
 
-	ROM_REGION( 0x0020, "user1", 0 ) /* sample related? near TMS5110 and sample roms */
-	ROM_LOAD( "prom-sn74s188.8a",  0x0000, 0x0020, CRC(5e395112) SHA1(427d6a5b5d0837db4bf804f392d77ba5a86ffd72) )
+	ROM_REGION( 0x0020, "user1", 0 ) /* data to program TMS5110 speech chip 3x Reset 1x speak */
+	ROM_LOAD( "prom-sn74s188.8a",  0x0000, 0x0020, BAD_DUMP CRC(c58a4f6a) SHA1(35ef244b3e94032df2610aa594ea5670b91e1449) )
 ROM_END